President Trump’s deportation blitz in Minneapolis last winter, dubbed Operation Metro Surge, was a political disaster that’s getting worse. Federal prosecutors now have accused an ICE agent in January of shooting through the front door of a home with two toddlers inside, hitting a migrant in the leg, and then lying about it to the FBI.
Mr. Castro’s version was markedly different. Without this footage, what would the public know? It’s hard to say, though within hours then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed the ICE agent fired in self-defense. “Our officer was ambushed. The feds quickly charged the two Venezuelan men, with an affidavit citing Mr. Castro’s account. A month later, prosecutors dropped the case. Attorney’s office wrote, “is materially inconsistent with the allegations. Mr. Trump fired Ms. Failing to understand this is how the White House turned a winning political issue into a loser.
Noem months ago, but his approval rating on immigration remains 10 points negative. It’s a stunning reversal, since voters in 2024 elected him in large part to clean up the wreck of President Biden’s border nonfeasance.
Federal prosecutors say he told the FBI that two unknown men attacked him with a broom and snow shovel. He said he spent three minutes fighting on the ground, before he reached for his gun and fired as the assailants ran. “What we saw last night in Minneapolis was an attempted murder of federal law enforcement,” she said. “He felt the broom stick hitting him in his face,” it said. “Newly discovered evidence,” the U.S. The abandoned federal case alleged that the delivery driver fled ICE at speeds up to 80 mph and ignored “multiple” stop signs, which is a public danger if true. Yet despite the Administration’s claims that it was going after the worst of the worst, the Minneapolis surge apparently had ICE agents “running publicly visible license plates,” producing a random high-risk car chase of a DoorDash worker. What the broad public wants is order, not spectacle and chaotic “mass deportation” of law-abiding workers who are roofing houses or dropping off dinners.
